Nominated contact first name
Silvia
Nominated contact surname
Rivas
Address
9a ave, 8-00, zone 11. CP 01011
Country
Guatemala
Telephone
(502) 23289600 Ext. 239
Website address
Brief description of organisation

This is an oncology pediatric hospital in Guatemala city. We treat all pediatric cancer since 2000. In August 2005 the program in Pediatric Palliative Care started. The palliative program attends to children from the begining of the disease by counselling, facilitating advance directions especially in those whose prognosis changes from curative to palliative because of a bad response to treatment. During this phase we have protocols which help them to have a good quality of life until death.  We also follow a short time of grief. We are a multidisciplinary team.

Type of service offered
Advocacy, Campaigning/lobbying, Clinical/medical services, Community palliative care services, Counselling/bereavement, Education, Family support, Respite or hospice services